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Livhuwani, a social worker with Childline South Africa, is doing her best to support her clients.
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Social workers on the frontline during COVID-19 © UNICEF South Africa/2015/Schermbrucker
Livhuwani knows first-hand the value of social work in supporting children and young people who have suffered violence in South Africa. “In terms of violence, it was there where I grew up,” says the Johannesburg-based Childline South Africa social worker, “I didn’t know it as ‘gender-based violence’, I knew it as ‘a man must rule his family.’ – only now I’m realising that that was abuse, that was domestic violence.”The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa, and globally, has placed women and children at even greater risk, with many trapped at home with their abusers, while getting access to support services has been a serious challenge. © UNICEF/UNI317699
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa, and globally, has placed women and children at even greater risk, with many trapped at home with their abusers, while getting access to support services has been a serious challenge. Hear Livhuwani story © UNICEF/UNI317699
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